episode_0031

Episode 31

“Poetry, I hate it…! Ho, I hate black tea!!”

-Wow!

“Leon…!”

-Whew…!

“Ah…?”

“Ugh…Leon…You must have had a hard time, right? It’s okay, that person is no more…!”

“Hey, Alice…?”

When I came to, Alice was hugging me, shedding tears and trembling like an aspen tree.

“It’s okay…It’s okay…I’m here, Leon…”

-Pat…pat…

“Ugh… Sorry, I showed you a bad side of myself…”

Alice’s arms, which hugged me tightly as I trembled with fear, were truly warm.

For a while, I stayed in Alice’s arms in silence, calming my trembling body.

“Leon… I know you’re thinking of something hard, but can’t you tell me what happened…? ”

-Shock!

“…Sorry, I don’t want to hear that, I don’t want to worry you.”

I never want to tell Alice what Rose did to me.

“But… I don’t like it when Leon is having a hard time like this and I can’t do anything.”

“I, I don’t want to talk about it now…later…really later I’ll tell you…”

Time…I need time.

‘If some more time passes… these terrible memories will fade away a little.’

“…If Leon says so, then there’s nothing I can do, I’ll wait.”

“…Thanks to you, I calmed down, thank you Alice.”

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“Hoo… Will Leon like this?”

Alice, who had not been able to sleep properly the night before and had woken up early in the morning, arrived at Leon’s doorstep with a breakfast she had made herself before he woke up.

“This used to happen often in the past too…”

As Leon’s personal maid at the Duke of Normandy, I remembered preparing breakfast for Leon every morning and eating it together with him.

It was a little early, not the time Leon usually woke up, so he might still be sleeping.

‘If Leon is still sleeping… will I be able to see Leon’s defenseless sleeping face?’

With some anticipation, Alice knocked on the door.

-Knock knock knock…

“Leon…I’m Alice, can I come in?”

“Yeah, you can come in.”

Unfortunately, Leon is awake, but today isn’t the only chance.

Alice opened the door, thinking that one day she would like to wake up Leon herself from his bed.

-Squeak…

“Reminds me of old times…”

“Me too…”

‘Ah, I miss the days I spent with Leonona.’

Alice’s heart began to beat wildly when she realized that Leon missed her.

-Click…

I quickly placed the tray on the table to hide my slightly trembling hands from joy.

‘Oh, that’s right. Leon always drank black tea after meals, right?’

I almost made the big mistake of forgetting Leon’s habit.

You should boil the water and brew the tea before eating.

“What would you like to have after dinner? Black tea?”

-Shudder…!

“Oh, black tea…?”

Leon’s reaction is a bit strange, didn’t Leon originally like black tea?

“Yes, Leon liked drinking black tea, right? ”

‘Did I do something wrong? There’s no way that could be.’

-Brrr…

Hearing her words, Leon suddenly became restless and began to tremble.

“Leon…?”

weird.

Leon was shaking, his face turning pale as he looked at the teapot she was holding.

“Are you okay? Your complexion doesn’t look good…?”

The moment I approached Leon, thinking he was sick…

“Ah, no…! No!!!”

-Wow!

“Poetry, I hate it! Ho, I hate black tea!!”

“Leon…!”

Something is wrong.

Leon started to freak out from fear.

‘We need to calm down!’

-Whew…!

She hugged Leon with all her might.

“Ah…?”

How much must Leon have suffered to look like this?

Tears came to my eyes.

“Ugh…Leon…You must have had a hard time, right? It’s okay, the person who was bothering you is no longer here…!”

“Hey, Alice…?”

“It’s okay…It’s okay…I’m here, Leon…”

-Pat…pat…

What on earth did that dirty, cheap bitch do to Leon…

“Leon… I know you’re thinking of something hard, but can’t you tell me what happened…? ”

-Shock!

“…Sorry, I don’t want to hear that, I don’t want to worry you.”

Once again Leon hid his wounds.

Am I just that unwilling?

“But… I don’t like it when Leon is having a hard time like this and I can’t do anything.”

“I, I don’t want to talk about it now…later…really later I’ll tell you…”

‘Lies…you’re not going to tell me.’

“…If Leon says so, then there’s nothing I can do, I’ll wait.”

Now Leon, I will protect and cherish you.

…even if it means using a slightly rough method.

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“Oh my…”

I tried to have breakfast with Alice this morning, but bad memories came back and ruined it.

-dump…!

I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes for a moment.

‘I didn’t want to show my weak side to Alice… but she must be worried, right?’

The situation just now was a reaction that would have caused concern to anyone who saw it.

Didn’t a perfectly normal person suddenly start convulsing and shaking when they heard a certain word?

“Rose…”

When I think of Rose, my heart becomes complicated… and my body trembles.

Why were you so obsessed with me?

Perhaps, Rose is suffering from madness like Clement de Baston?

‘Is madness hereditary?’

I don’t know, I can’t understand.

But I could definitely tell that she really liked me.

It’s because the way of expressing it is radical and extreme.

Rose, who left such a big mark on my body and mind…

“Ugh, I don’t know.”

There’s nothing I can do if I worry about it more now.

Time will tell.

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“Leon, are you sure it’s okay?”

“Yeah, it’s really okay. You don’t have to worry anymore.”

I went to Alice’s office to discuss future plans.

Alice looks at me with concern, her amethyst-like eyes.

In order not to worry her, I deliberately smiled brighter and took on a confident posture.

“So what should I do now?”

“Umm… I have to visit the Blonya Count’s territory soon for an important transaction, so you can come with me as my escort then. ”

“Until then?”

“Of course, you should stick close to the owner!”

-Bang! Bang!

Alice soon took on an arrogant and mischievous expression and patted the seat next to her with the palm of her hand.

“Yeah.”

Seeing Alice’s bright face again, I couldn’t help but smile.

“Um… My shoulders are a little sore from all the paperwork… Would someone please give them a shoulder rub…?”

After a while, Alice glanced at me and began to complain of shoulder pain with deliberately exaggerated gestures.

“Of course I, a slave, should rub my master’s shoulders!”

He walked up behind Alice, placed his hands on her soft shoulders, and began to slowly knead them.

-Cast…cast…

“Ugh…uh…there…ugh…!”

Alice started to moan strangely, her ears turning red, as if she was in pain from my rubbing her.

‘I’m doing it gently, but does it hurt that much?’

“Are you a sect?”

“Ugh…ugh…no…I just…feel good…huh…!”

“Then don’t make weird noises. People will misunderstand if they hear you.”

“Huh…I’ll hold on as long as I can…Ugh…!Huh…!”

Alice suddenly covered her mouth with her hand to suppress her moans, but it felt like the atmosphere was only getting stranger.

“Hey, it’s gotten weirder, what if someone is holding it outside…”

-Thump! Thud!

Before I could finish speaking, I heard something crashing and falling outside the door.

“…Is there anyone out there?”

-I… didn’t mean to overhear… just do what you were doing…!

Claire’s panicked voice could be heard outside the door.

“Ugh, Claire?! You have to!”

“Whoaang…! Leon…I can’t take it anymore…! I…feel good…!”

-Sorry to bother you!!

-Tadadak…!

“Claire!!”

I heard Alice moaning as I rubbed her shoulders, and Claire’s footsteps running away, clearly misunderstanding, could be heard through the door.

“Ugh…ugh…!”

Alice just kept moaning with her ears red, no matter what.

But looking at Alice’s strangely raised lips, it was clear that she had intentionally made that strange sound.

I think this needs some serious ‘corporal punishment’.

“Haa…Alice…”

-Sigh…

“Leon…?”

As I gently stroked Alice’s shoulder and leaned in closer, she blushed and looked as if she was expecting something.

“Alice…I know the truth…”

“Leon…!”

As I slowly brought my face closer to Alice and made eye contact, Alice happily closed her eyes and stuck out her lips.

I don’t know what Alice was thinking, but now that Alice is letting her guard down, it’s the perfect opportunity!

“Alice!”

-Whoaaah!

I squeezed Alice’s soft trapezius muscle while gently wrapping my hand around her shoulder and tightening my grip.

“Gyaaaah!!”

Alice, who had been keeping her eyes closed and letting her guard down, started screaming as she fell asleep.

“Did you not know that I was making weird noises on purpose? ”

-Kuk…Kuk…!

“It hurts! It hurts! Sorry, I’m sorry! ”

“Oh my!”

-Kkuuk…!

“Gyaaak!”

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After the intense time had passed, Alice and I were exhausted and sobbing in our chairs.

“Haaah…I’m still chills…”

“Again, you’re saying something strange again.”

It was so much fun spending time with Alice like this, joking around like this after such a long time.

It makes me smile as if I’ve gone back to that happy time.

And, to protect this happiness…you have to become stronger.

‘After completing my revenge, let’s return to the Duke of Normandy with Alice.’

It’s about correcting all misunderstandings and mistakes and going back to those happy times.

When you return to the Duke of Normandy, you will listen to Tania and Serena’s complaints, play with Liman, reconcile with your mother, and finally…

I will go to my father’s grave and tell you what I have done and protected.

‘But just a moment…’

I slowly turned my head and smiled at Alice’s completely absent-minded face.

‘I guess I can rest.’